Dave Portnoy calls Angel Reese a 'jacka--' for 'jealousy' of Caitlin Clark in response to ESPN analyst
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Dave Portnoy will not let anyone say he is a Caitlin Clark fan simply because she is White.
In a recent edition of his podcast, ESPN analyst Ryan Clark name-dropped the Barstool Sports founder as someone on the "hate train" of Angel Reese following her spat with Clark over the weekend.
Clark said Portnoy, Keith Olbermann and Robert Griffin III have made Reese the "villain" and Clark "heroic."
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Barstool founder and CEO Dave Portnoy (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
Portnoy posted a video over six minutes long in which he said he "can't believe I'm ranting about this again," responding to Clark.
Portnoy made it a point to mention that he is "sure there are some Black people who hate Caitlin just because she's White. I'm sure there are White people who hate Angel just because she's Black."
But he is not one of those people, and he believed the Reese hate is warranted.
"Caitlin fans have every reason to hate Angel Reese. … Fever fans, Caitlin fans should hate Angel Reese. Angel Reese has been nothing but an instigator, agitator and jacka-- basically for the last couple years," Portnoy said in his video.
"Angel Reese has doubled down, tripled down, quadrupled down and has built her persona as Caitlin's rival. … It's one thing after another, after another. … The jealousy that Angel Reese has towards her and has consistently shown makes Caitlin fans hate her. … When you have one player that's constantly poking at you, constantly degrading you, yes, you're going to f---ing hate her."
"I'm sick of ESPN making it a race issue," he continued. "You have a superior basketball player who constantly